Fantastic Mr Fox
I had been vaguely aware that there was a new, animated film of Fantastic Mr Fox around, but it wasn't until just recently that I realized it was by Wes Anderson. So I went to see it, with T, last night.
I really enjoyed it -- in ways that have very, very little to do with the Roald Dahl book. Anderson has taken that as a loose jumping-off point, and gone off into several unusual dimensions. If you liked Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, or The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, you will like this film. Basically it's full of silly, hugely inventive, and slightly strange moments. And the animation is really nice too -- it's unusual these days to see stop-motion at the big cinema, apart from Aardman stuff.
Sample dialogue:
Mr. Fox: [sighs] Who am I, Kylie?
Kylie: Who how? What now?
Mr. Fox: Why a fox? Why not a horse, or a beetle, or a bald eagle? I'm saying this more as, like, existentialism, you know? Who am I? And how can a fox ever be happy without, you'll forgive the expression, a chicken in its teeth?
Kylie: I don't know what you're talking about, but it sounds illegal.
Poll Fox Populi
I really enjoyed it -- in ways that have very, very little to do with the Roald Dahl book. Anderson has taken that as a loose jumping-off point, and gone off into several unusual dimensions. If you liked Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, or The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, you will like this film. Basically it's full of silly, hugely inventive, and slightly strange moments. And the animation is really nice too -- it's unusual these days to see stop-motion at the big cinema, apart from Aardman stuff.
Sample dialogue:
Mr. Fox: [sighs] Who am I, Kylie?
Kylie: Who how? What now?
Mr. Fox: Why a fox? Why not a horse, or a beetle, or a bald eagle? I'm saying this more as, like, existentialism, you know? Who am I? And how can a fox ever be happy without, you'll forgive the expression, a chicken in its teeth?
Kylie: I don't know what you're talking about, but it sounds illegal.
Poll Fox Populi